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  WWE was, was incredible. I went to WrestleMania, um, I made a vlog about it.

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  You sang the National Anthem so well.

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  Thank you so much.

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  I got more calls about you doing that than like a lot of the things we do.

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  People love WrestleMania.

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  I want to go so bad.

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  It is so entertaining, it's so fun. It also is like so impressive. These guys are, guys and gals are flipping each other off like, you've seen it obviously on TV, but. How do they not get hurt? If only we had someone we could ask about, about that. If only. Funny enough. Our next guest is a two-time WWE World Champion, a WrestleMania headliner, ranked number one in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500. You also might know him from the real world, Dancing with the Stars, his reality series, Ms. and Mrs. And now the new host of American Gladiators on Amazon Prime. Please welcome our guest, the Miz.

• 3:08Speaker 01

  Yeah.

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  Send him in, send our next victim in.

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  Popping in just like that. You like my setup?

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  I was gonna say, he's so good.

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  Professional.

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  Dialed.

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  This is all me. Those are lights from Amazon, those are lights from Amazon. This TV is just like Apple TV mirrored in, like I got it all.

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  I love it, it's a great setup.

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  Are we in your house?

• 3:27Speaker 03

  Thank you. You are in my house, this is my theater.

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  You can give us your address or you can give us like a general area.

• 3:32Speaker 03

  I'm in Vegas, Vegas.

• 3:33Speaker 00

  Oh, that's right, that's right. You live in Vegas now.

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  Yeah, so I, I just moved here about a year ago. And, uh, yeah, I mean, I was in LA for a while. I mean, we used to go to Unbreakable, right?

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  Yeah, we used to work out together. Congrats on the sale. I saw from your Realtors, Realtors Instagram.

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  Trust me, he's all over it, he's all over it.

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  I love that.

• 3:52Speaker 03

  But it's been, uh, it's been a long time, like, uh, it was 17 months to get, sell that house. But that house was so amazing, so incredible.

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  You were in Brick?

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  Westlake Village.

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  Westlake Village, cool.

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  So I was in LA for a while and then that, like right by Unbreakable where we used to work out.

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  Yeah.

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  And I was, like, my house kept on getting like burglarized, like, cause I'm on a live show. So you know how they always tell you when you're on Instagram? Don't, don't put out like where you are. I wouldn't, but my live show, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.

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  Oh my god.

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  People know exactly where I am.

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  And was your family at home, like any of these things happened?

• 4:26Speaker 03

  That's, that's exactly what happened. So my mother-in-law was home and literally we can see like the, the burglars trying to get in. But I have a dog that was a Doberman, she passed away unfortunately, but, uh, she like saved my mother-in-law's life. Like basically, cause there was like five people about to like break in. But my dog scared them all away, they hopped over the fence. I had a huge fence too, by the way. Like, it was like legit, like I had everything. So I was like, all right, I'm about to have kids, I gotta get out of here. So I moved to Austin, did not like Austin, didn't like the weather, didn't like the traffic. Airport is literally like not directs ever, so I need directs, cause we travel every week with WWE.

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  Of course.

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  So then I moved back, found Westlake Village, found a guard gated community, was loving it there. And then, uh, my wife and I were just like, why are we paying so much in taxes? Like, what are we doing? Like, why don't we just move to like a tax-free state?

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  Yeah.

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  And so we looked at Vegas and found this house that we absolutely loved. We, we, we just love the bones of it. So my wife, basically the amazing decorator that she is, literally remodeled the whole house. Made it look incredible and now we sold the house in Westlake Village. We are happy and healthy in Las Vegas and got to listen to your beautiful voice, Joe. At the, uh, at the Allegiance Stadium Wrestle. By the way, can I just say this? I knew you had a good voice. I've always known you guys have great voices, right? But the National Anthem is a whole nother world.

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  Yeah, like we don't like doing it, nor do we really ever do it.

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  Yeah, it's, it's one of the tougher songs to sing. It's actually a song that we wrote. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

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  I wasn't done complimenting you.

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  Yeah, I'll take it.

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  I was in awe, I was in awe at like how well you did the National Anthem at Allegiance Stadium for WrestleMania. It was incredible, dude. You should be real, I mean, I was, I was proud. I was like, yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

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  Well, I felt very patriotic. Little backstory there for you is that we like, as a band, we've always said we would never, we're like, we've, we've done it once. Cause I was like looking up, I'm like, when's the last time I did this? We're singing at the National Anthem during the George W. Bush administration. And right as we start, or singing it, by the way, to the, to. The South Lawn. South Lawn for an Easter egg roll that they host every year. And you see like, like, like, dun, dun, dun, like Darth Vader, just George W. Bush come out of the shadows behind Kevin as we start singing it.

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  It's crazy.

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  And it's so funny. And we sound, let's just say, not great. And these, I don't know what, I don't, we were obviously nervous. And I think from that day, we were like, we're never gonna do this.

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  This is not something to do.

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  Is it harder as a band or as individuals to do it?

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  Yeah, I think as a band, it's tricky, cause you have to then, you have the pressure of being like, all right, guys, now let's harmonize.

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  Yeah, it's an added layer.

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  And usually it's a cappella and you're fighting this reverb. And as you, I'm sure know, and you deal with this all the time, like in a place, in a stadium where WrestleMania and WWE often takes place. When you're on a microphone, you're not have headphones, you're hearing your voice, do you, um, tell me if I'm wrong, would you, is it okay we call you the Miz?

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  Yeah, I'm great, the Miz is good.

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  Mr. Miz. When you're in a, in a stadium like that, do you hear yourself like that, like reverb slap back at you?

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  So it's, it's interesting, cause it's like, I guess I can talk to you guys about this, cause you actually know. When you're in a theater, when you're in an arena and you, when you're in a stadium, it's completely different sound.

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  Break it down for people at home, break it down.

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  So, so I hosted the WWE Hall of Fame, which was in a theater. And in a theater, I can feel an audience, cause they're right, they're kind of right on top of you, right? They're like right there, there's maybe like a thousand people there, 2,000, if you have, you know, a bigger theater. And you know, you can feel the energy, you can hear the energy. When you're in an arena, it's, it's a whole nother thing, because it's, it's, it's all the way, you're playing to the last person in the last row.

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  Right.

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  Right, that's what our, our goal is. But then when you're in a stadium, it, it bounces back. So you'll, the crowd reaction, and that's what I'm always listening to whenever I'm in an, like in a match. Like I'm listening to the audience to hear where they are. Okay, I need to do X, Y, and Z to get them to where I need to be, to either start this comeback, go for my finisher, do certain things. So I'm always thinking, always listening to an audience to get them where they need to be. And so for an arena, it's simple, cause that's where we've, we've basically known and we know. But when we go to the stadium, it's a completely different element. You gotta actually wait like a beat for them, because usually it starts in the front and then it elevates to the back. And by the time it gets to the back, that's 20, 20 seconds, 30 seconds.

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  Yeah.

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  And so you kind of gotta wait for it and hear it back. So when I was cutting a promo, it's like, hello, hello, hello, hello. You know, it's like you hear that kind of, that echo, if you will.

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  That happened to me when we were doing an award show and I was on the mic and I literally heard my voice back and I started, I mean, yeah. And I just like slowed down and I couldn't.

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  And Nick and I are in the corners watching space, we're like, oh no.

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  And I'm like, I just started melting and then I started sweating and then it was terrible.

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  We actually had, we had a big fight about that.

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  Joe got so mad at me, I'm like, I'm sorry. It wasn't like, I couldn't do anything about it.

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  So moment, Kevin, what are you doing?

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  It was like that, over me like messing up on live TV. I'm like, I'm the one that's embarrassed.

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  We should probably say this too, that the Miz and, uh, me and Nick, I believe, we go way back. We used to train at a gym in LA called Unbreakable. Yep. Back in the golden days. Your wife was there as well. It was above, it was above a pink taco, it was the strangest.

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  I went there with you once, that was cool.

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  Pink tacos no more, I just drove past it. Closed down. It's like, go eat some greasy tacos and then go up there and work out.

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  But how crazy was that place? Like literally, it was like, T.O. would walk in, Sylvester Stallone, like, and it's in this hole in the wall gym that is just like in the back of a pink taco.

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  It was really wild.

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  But it was amazing. Like the trainers, the trainers were second to none. Like I still talk to Matt Blank all the time.

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  Yeah, us too.

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  About, but he's in Hawaii.

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  Yeah, I called him yesterday, cause I was trying to work out and he's like, I'm like, hey, are you in town in LA? I had the morning, he's like, I'm in Hawaii. And I was like, oh.

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  Miz, Kevin's on his, uh, his near, his near 40 fitness journey at the moment, getting shredded, he's getting shredded.

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  Good for you, I'm 45 now.

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  45? You look great, dude. Can you give Kevin any tips?

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  Yeah, give me that past 40 tips.

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  Actually, let's break it down. Often we training Ms. What do you?

• 10:46Speaker 03

  So I train at least three times a week. Usually it's like weight training, three times a week cardio, like on, let's do like three, a three and then a 12 incline and for like 30 minutes.

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  Yeah, three, 12, 30.

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  On a treadmill, on a treadmill. Yeah. So yeah, you know, it's, it's really easy, but that's my, that's like my cardio. But I do three times a week with weight training, but then you know what I did? I got my blood tested and that was a very big deal. Like you kids, Joe and Nick don't have to worry about this. Me and Kevin had to figure this stuff out because we get tired now. Like I've got two girls that are six and eight that are literally like.

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  That's over here.

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  Yeah. I mean, it's, it's a lot of work, right?

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  Right, for sure.

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  I need energy. I need everything. So I got my blood tested and they were just like, look, you're, you're, you're low on vitamin D. You needed to get your, uh, your fish oils, DHEA as well as a one a day. And since I've been doing that, like I feel great. Like I really do. Like I'm, I.

• 11:47Speaker 01

  Wow. The supplement thing is awesome. When you.

• 11:49Speaker 03

  It really is. And so you, when you get your blood tested, you find out what you're deficient in and what you need basically for your body to activate at an optimal level. And so I've been working with a ways to well down in, uh, down in Austin. And they've just been like literally picking up my energy and I've, I've been feeling great and I'm 45 and I'm still traveling each and every week. Still doing Friday night smackdown on the USA network. Hosted American gladiators, which is now on prime. I mean, it's literally a nonstop, not to mention being, trying to be the best husband, trying to be the best father. I think we all know what it's like to have like so many hands in different jobs and different things, but also wanting to be the best dad and best husband you could possibly be.

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  So what do you think your, your biggest thing is being that busy like you are traveling? Like how you make yourself feel present when you're at home with the family and the girls?

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  It's a lot of phone, right? Like I feel like nowadays, like even I catch myself doing it and in my, and I'll be like, God, I'm so sorry. I've just been on my phone, trying, everyone's texting me, hey, what are you doing this? You need to get this done. Hey, can you, you got, you got time for this? Do you have this? And I'm like, oh my God. Um, but then I'm just realizing I'm like, set the phone down, Mike. Get in the pool with your daughters, hang out with them. That's all they want to do is play with you. Go wrestle with them. Take them to jujitsu, which I, I started, I, I brought them to jujitsu because I saw like on a podcast, like they were like, look, when your daughters get older, they need to defend themselves. And with jujitsu, they'll be able to defend themselves if they have the right technique

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  with a 300 pound man. And I'm like, all right, I gotta get them into jujitsu. So now when I take them to jujitsu, I bring them back home and we come actually like right there. There's a big like kind of.

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  Cool. I was wondering like if you have a setup at home.

• 13:35Speaker 03

  Yeah. It's like a carpet area right there that literally we wrestle. Oh, so I, I listened to what the teacher teaches them and then we go home and I implement them on them and try to get them kind of locked in and knowing what exactly it is. It's, it's a blast and they love it. They, they love wrestling. Believe it or not, shockingly, like, you know, but, uh, every time, every time I tell them, I'm like, all right, before we wrestle, you gotta lock up. So I teach them like the, the number one thing you, you learn in WWE for, if you're learning the artificial wrestling, it's how to lock up. So when you first start circling the ring, we lock up, boom. So I teach them how to lock up. So they always have to lock up with me and they always have to try to put me in a sleeper hold because they know how to do a sleeper hold. So if any boys are in the, you know,

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  kindergarten or second grade that mess with them, they know how to, they know how to choke them out.

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  That's sick.

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  Are your girls in anything? Like, do you guys have them in any sports or any type of stuff like that? Like, are they into singing? Do they love what you guys do? Do they know what you guys do? Cause my daughters could care less. And I'm a WW wrestler or that, that I'm, I'm a host of American gladiators. They don't care.

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  This is Nick Jonas.

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  This is Kevin Jonas.

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  And Joe Jonas from Hey Jonas.

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  Lucky good neighbor, State Farm is there. Hey Jonas is brought to you by almond breeze. It's time for some questions from the producers. All right. Who started drinking almond breeze almond milk first?

• 15:12Speaker 01

  Actually, I think that was you, Nick.

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  I think it was.

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  Yeah. You're like, you know, guys, I tried this almond breeze in my coffee today.

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  Changed the game for me. All right. Who's the most likely to finish the last carton of almond breeze and not replace it? That's Kevin. Kevin, of course. Yeah.

• 15:25Speaker 01

  That's someone else's job.

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  Take it, Kev. What's the most random place you drank almond breeze? The last time I visited the Empire State Building. Ah, that's a random place for sure. I've noticed you guys really like almond breeze almond milk. Who has the most specific way of drinking it? Oh, um, Kevin's, you know what's I've found very interesting is how you will drink a carton to yourself.

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  Yeah, straight off the dome.

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  And he usually does it before show.

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  Yeah. Just really getting myself going.

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  He needs it on stage. Okay. Last question. Why do you guys like almond breeze so much?

• 15:55Speaker 01

  Well, it just tastes great. It's a great alternative.

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  It's simply because it's really good. True. Try almond breeze. Trust us. It's really good. You've probably heard that good things come in threes.

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  No, I've never heard that.

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  Kevin. Yeah, you have. You've got bacon, lettuce, tomato, rock, paper, scissors. Joe, Nick, Kevin.

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  Yeah. And that, that is a good one.

• 16:14Speaker 00

  Or because it's cold season, Kleenex lotion tissues.

• 16:17Speaker 01

  There's no three in Kleenex tissues.

• 16:20Speaker 00

  That's where you're wrong, Kev, my friend. Listen, Kleenex lotion tissues have three in one skin-loving benefits. It protects hands, soothes and moisturizes your skin.

• 16:28Speaker 01

  I never realized you were so into skincare, Joe.

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  Come on, who doesn't love to moisturize?

• 16:34Speaker 01

  You've got a good point.

• 16:35Speaker 00

  Oh, and don't forget to tell them about the three thick layers made with coconut oil and aloe. Wow. Good things really do come in threes. For whatever happens next, grab Kleenex. My daughter's, uh, she's four. She's getting into, um, horseback riding at the moment.

• 16:48Speaker 03

  Whoa. Are you nervous on that?

• 16:50Speaker 00

  No, the, the instructor's amazing and, and really patient and you know, has their hand on her the whole time. But she, she's fearless. She just gets on and starts to. Very fearless. Yeah.

• 17:00Speaker 03

  I think you guys are probably more fearful than, or maybe mom. I don't know.

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  Adults know too much. We know too much. Yeah, but it's, it's, it's wild. She, she's not really taken to, uh, combat sports yet, but I, I think what you're saying about jujitsu is great. So when I was training at Unbreakable back in the day, I was doing this TV show Kingdom, um, which was all about, you know, MMA fighters and that whole world. And I got really into jujitsu at that time, um, and found it to be a really helpful tool for a generally smaller guy to, you know, have a shot versus kind of bigger opponents. Um, lockup. So hold on, on that front though, who's the, who's the, the best lockup or like partner you've had in a fight in a match?

• 17:41Speaker 03

  Oh, like in, in wrestling. So, um, I would say John Cena has taught me the most. Out of anyone, uh, in WWE, when I first started in WWE, nobody liked me because I was off the real world, uh, which was wildly popular. Probably before you guys were almost even.

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  I was gonna say it earlier, like I'm, I was so impressed actually back in the day, watching that show than the real world, but you always said, I'm, I'm going to be, I'm going to be a wrestler. I'm a wrestler. I'm going to be the miss. Like you were, you had your character. You knew who you were and you like manifested it. You made it become real. You did it. And I think that that's just the power of knowing like who you are as a person.

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  Everyone, and it's always like classic, you just keep watching this happen, right? Like somebody will come from a different side of, of, of an industry or from a show or a musician and they'll step into another, into the ring or somewhere and they're going to be the first person they get shit on and no one's gonna believe them, but obviously tales old as time. So you were saying John Cena, which I got to meet John for the first time as well.

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  Um, you know, there's a lot of legends that day, WrestleMania. It's just, I just was stayed in one place and I'm meeting all these people. Joe fangirled a bit. I did fangirl, but I actually, uh, meeting John, um, was quite funny because I, I've never, I'm pretty, I think I really respect him, especially what he's, he's done with.

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  Film career.

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  Yes.

• 18:59Speaker 01

  And make a wish.

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  And make a wish.

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  It's unbelievable.

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  But I'm just sorry, you were saying, um, he, you've learned a lot from him or he taught you a lot.

• 19:06Speaker 03

  So when like, when we were talking about the real world, like the Miz didn't come from, like it came from the real world, but like, I didn't mean to do that, right? Like it was just uncomfortable being in New York city, seven strangers picked to live in a house, have a job. I was uncomfortable and what do you do when you're uncomfortable? I drank and, uh, basically like partied and just created a character called the Miz that would tell everyone exactly how they felt whenever they wanted to. And so everyone started liking that. And I've always wanted to be a wrestler, but I was never thought I was big enough. Like I'm six foot nothing, 200 nothing pounds. These guys were larger than life. Like if you look at American gladiators and WWE, these were my, my shows and they were larger than life. They were heroes. I never thought I could actually do it.

• 19:50Speaker 00

  And some of these legends that are just massive dudes.

• 19:53Speaker 03

  So when, so when I tried out for the real world and made it, I was like, wait a second. You're telling me if I try out for something and I, and I, and I have a goal, I can actually do it if I find the right tools for it. So I remember looking on Yahoo, being like, all right, where do I find a wrestling school? Found one in LA, got acting classes, improv classes. I started doing, uh, I got a nutritionist, started working out. I was finding all the tools that I could possibly find to become a professional wrestler. But then when I got there, like three years later, you thought WWE be like, oh my God, yes, we want this guy. They didn't. Hollywood didn't want me because when you're on a reality show back then, you're a no talent hack.

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  Like you, you were on television, you were living your life in front of a, a camera. That's all you're good for. You're not good for anything else. But then it was crazy because I got on a show called Tough Enough, which is another reality show, but you could win a WWE contract, didn't win the contract, but impressed the execs so much that they gave me a developmental contract, went through developmental system, got to WWE. Everybody hated me in the locker room. Nobody, nobody wanted me there. Nobody wanted to teach me. John Cena was one of the people that literally brought me in and always kind of gave me a nod, right? Gave me that whenever I was in the ring, teach, taught me like how to become a main event superstar. And that it's, it's very difficult. There's a whole different level of people wrestling and it's, it's like bands, right?

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  You have, uh, new up and coming bands that are trying to get out. And then you have you guys who are like literally stadiums, arenas, wherever you guys want to go, sold out everywhere. You guys know how to perform in these main event caliber. Like people want to pay to see you. The reason they want to pay to see you is because you know how to conduct an entire like concert that literally people will pay for. That's exactly what a WWE main eventer does. And so John taught me how to do that. And then I became WWE champion, beat him in the main event of WrestleMania. No big deal.

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  But uh, but then this year I got to be in the ring with him again. He retired this year, but I mean, it was unbelievable. I know. He, he came back as the host and to be in the ring with him again.

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  That was great. I loved seeing that.

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  It was, it was great. It was, it was a fun moment and it was a very John Cena, the Miz type of interaction as always. So he's always been a person that's been great to me. Randy Orton was another one that taught me a lot who's still in the business and is literally one of the goats to this day. So it's always good to, to get into those guys in the ring, especially now. Now I'm in this element where I've been in WWE for like 20 years and I'm teaching the new up and coming people how to become what John Cena did. Do you guys do that for other bands? Sorry for taking over, but I'm curious about you guys as well.

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  I want to like respond with the same kind of question. I mean, we meet a lot of young musicians that are always, you know, asking us, hey, like, give me some advice. And I kind of ask a question back. I'm like, why do you want to do this? And if it's like, oh, especially I find a lot of what social media can kind of like create. It's like, oh, because I want to be famous. I'm like, well, I don't know. This is for you then, because the fame side comes with a lot of, can come with a lot of negativity and hate and you gotta have thick skin. If you could do it because you wake up and it's all you think about and you go to bed, it's all you think about, then like, yes, like just write as much as you can. Writing's not your strong suit. Play, play an instrument. Surround

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  yourself with great people. So I would ask you the same question. Like if somebody wants to get into wrestling, or if you, I'm sure you meet a lot of people. What's your advice for these young people? You said you 20 years. Congrats. It's incredible. We're also celebrating 20 years, funny enough.

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  Yeah, look at us.

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  So for you, like if, if somebody was trying to get into wrestling right now, professional wrestling, like how would they even go about it in like this day and age?

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  So the way we have a performance center and they have tryouts all the time at, it's called NXT Performance that are down in Orlando. And we have tryouts all the time. You can find that out on WWE.com. They always are, are looking for the next WWE superstar. And that's a good way, but to piggyback off of what you're saying about fame, they want fame and fortune. If you don't have the love for what you're doing, you will not make it because you will not put the work that involves, like, nobody sees us how much, how much work it is to be a Jonas Brother. Nobody sees the work that it is to be a WWE superstar. No one understands what we have to go through on a daily basis. And granted, it's awesome. The stuff we get to do, it's, it's amazing. The fans are

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  incredible, but you don't see the insights and the work that it takes, that the sacrifices.

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  On your body. Let's just talk about that alone.

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  That energy level you're talking about is real.

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  Oh dude, I don't know. It doesn't seem that physical.

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  I'm excited. I've been trying to convince these guys. Joe's hooked now.

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  Are you going to get involved?

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  You should do something if you need my help in any way.

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  I do have a problem with Dan Housen right now, who is basically cursing everyone.

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  Did he ever give you, okay, I have a segue here. I actually have a question about that from one of our listeners. These are from Ryan and he's a huge fan. He said, real nerd shiz coming in here right now. So here we go. Did Dan Housen ever return your daughter's bike?

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  No, he didn't. He stole, right?

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  That's messed up.

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  See, thank you. This is what I'm talking about. Everyone else is like laughing about it and saying, this is great. This is amazing. They're getting entertained by it.

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  He's got a problem with me too then.

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  Look, I, he said, I curse you. Like he gives everyone a curse. Like you are cursed.

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  No, the cursing thing, it's gotta go. Nobody wants to curse on them, especially do you take my kid's bike?

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  I don't believe in curses.

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  You're cooked.

• 25:34Speaker 01

  We're here, we're here for you. If you need some backup, I'm sure you need it.

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  The man has, the man has broken into my house. He has stolen my daughter's bike. He, a referee claimed that he got a cramp, so he couldn't count to three and I would have won the tag team titles with Kit Wilson. But because the referee said he was cursed and got a cramp in his arm, he couldn't count to three. He couldn't do his job. On SmackDown, I was blown up. I was blown up and the crowd was applauding it, applauding it during a match, by the way, mind you. These are the things that Dan Housen is doing to me that people are cheering for.

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  Yeah, I'm not okay with this.

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  He might curse you. I don't believe in the curse. Some people believe in curses. No.

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  Bring it on.

• 26:13Speaker 01

  I know Jesus can't be cursed.

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  My mother prays a lot. We'll, we'll be, I'll put me in the ring, bro. I'm there. I got your back. I'll be there. You have no problem there.

• 26:21Speaker 03

  None.

• 26:22Speaker 01

  Miz, thank you so much, man. Congratulations on everything. It's a huge honor to meet you.

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  We're getting that bike back.

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  Thanks, guys.

• 26:30Speaker 01

  Thank you so much for doing this, guys.

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  I'll see you.

• 26:32Speaker 04

  I'm Melissa Jelton, host of the What Happened to Her podcast. We're kicking off the season with the Sandra Birchmore story, a case the police wrote off as a suicide in a snowstorm. Her family never bought it and the man they suspected wore a badge.

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  You never know who that devil is because he's wearing a disguise. Sometimes it's a police uniform.

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